The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

Michael Hoffen, a young author, has made a significant contribution to the understanding of ancient Egyptian culture through ...

One of the earliest writing systems in the world may have been influenced by symbols engraved on ancient “cylinder seals.” ...

BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.